Bangladesh recorded six deaths from dengue fever on Sunday, marking the highest number of fatalities from the viral infection in a single day so far this year.
The previous record for the most dengue deaths in a single day was five, which occurred twice in a week on September 10 and September 17.
Meanwhile, during the same 24-hour period till Sunday morning, a total of 986 dengue patients were hospitalised, which is also the highest in a single day this year.
Previously, the highest number of dengue hospitalised in a single day was 887.
There has been a recent uptick in the number of hospital admissions and deaths from dengue fever, which is alarming.
Among the deaths reported on Saturday, two patients died in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) areas, respectively, while one patient died in Barishal and Chattagram divisions, respectively.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), with today's fresh deaths and cases, the total number of dengue deaths rose to 131 while the total number of cases rose to 24,034 this year. Of the cases, 13,315 are from outside Dhaka.
Currently, 2,822 dengue patients are undergoing treatment in different hospitals across the country, of them 1,328 are at hospitals outside Dhaka.
This year, a total of 21,081 dengue patients have been released from the hospitals till today, of them 11,948 were release from hospitals outside the capital.
Meanwhile, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) conducted special anti-mosquito drive in seven wards to curb dengue alongside its regular activities.
A team of DSCC comprised of its health department and waste management department ran the drive in wards 12, 15, 31, 53, 55 and 57, says a DSCC press release.
It said that in the drive, 13 workers participated in larviciding activities, while 13 workers in adulticiding activities and 210 cleaners from waste management department.
The breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes have been destroyed through special larvicidal and adulticidal activities around dengue patients' residences as per the list of DGHS provided September 21, added the release.
During the drive, leaflets were distributed in different wards to create awareness.
